Sanitary cuspidor



' Jan. 19, 1926.

S. F. MASSY SANITARY CUSPIDOR Filed Sept. 22 1925 nvcnlcr Patented Jan. 19,1926.

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Application, ffiled September To all whom it may cancer m I u Be it. known that I,- SKILns FrMassr, a Y citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented cer-' tain new, and useful Improvements in a Sanitary Cuspidor, otjwhicfh the following I is a specification.-

i .HMy principal aims S to generally This invention-relates} to {an-improved sanitary cuspidorof. thetype embodying a bowl a removable receptaclc' in said'bowl', andca funnel or; mouth for directing ."m'asj terial. into the --receptacle: 5, c H

provef upon structuresof this type-by pro viding one wherein the upper portionvofthe bowl is inclined inwardly and upwardly t0 form a'restricted :opening,;jthroughland besoiling the hands.

yond' which the removable 'receptacle"extends, whereby to permit the 'extendingvporg tion to be grasped by: the :hand whennecessary" to remove the-"rece 5t'ac1e, and without Another featureisto prov-ide'the top portion of the bowl with an upstanding flange which is spaced from the restricted opening,

. and which constitutes a means for carrying zonnectin'g pinswhich are engaged with bay- 1 onetslotsfor'medin a'collarwhich depends from the central portion of, ,thef'fu'nnel shaped mouth and is telescopically iconnected-withsaid flange) iii I An equally important structural i featurei of the invention is the provision ofa springl;

I clamping device which i's car'ri'ediby said;

collar and is fashioned to engage the up; wardly extending portionoftherecePtacle, to maintainthelatter firmlyin' place. i

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Re erring to the drawing in detail the cusr'rnon;

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reference character -1 designates what may 1' be conveniently referre'd to as bowl; The

generaliexternal configuration of this bowl ,may be of' anydesirable formation; The top portion'of the bowl inclines inwardly and out upwardly fasat;2, and forms awrestrictedj opening Eat the top. Mounted on this portion, 2 is an u'pstandingffiange This a flange is spaced fromtheiedge'oi theopen1 .ing, and "is provided with foutstandingivpins '4 engaged withthe bayonet slots formed at diametrically opposite points in a: depend ingrcollar .5 on-a funnel ,shapedniouthg It willbe noted that the collar [is-relatively "deep, and is telescopically connected with the upstanding v-flangeffi. -Moreoverf-it dee' pends from the; intermediate portion'ofethe funnel 6 and; this allows the inner portion of the funnelto projectdown into the mouth of P the removable collecting receptacle];

Thistreceptacle 'isof wax-paper or other 7 suitable material,- and" extends through the restricted opening-' in the bowl} and out 'wardly beyond the flange 3' and tightly con-- i tacts the undersideof the ffunneljshaped mouth; as indicated plainly vin vFigure 2 While considering Figure 2,1 I wishto direct attention to the *fact'that vthe funnel sh'aped 7' month? 6 is of a'dia eter greaterthanZthebowl; and it"therefore' extends outwardly beyond the bowl and overhangs it a distance effective Vmeans" for directing the ,dirtII- into the receptacle P sufficient ta reducel-the possibility pot-dirt j it accumulating ;on';the surface of thebowh Obviolisly,-this large mouth servesiias an?" As beforeintimated, ajiiovel'supplern'ental, V

receptacle 7,- in place. The construction rot; this device is shown better in lf igg'ure r, and) by referring to this figure it will beseen';

that it comprisesa' resilient wire member:

'comprising'aYring-like receptacle encircling; party having its intermediate port1on .9 con--v nected..-with theaforesaid collar 5 Thefrfee retaining device in. the form: o'fr' aclamp I is employed for maintaining the; removable'f" end portionsof the rings are disposed' ini crossed relation, and gformed with. vfinger grips 10. "These finger gripsextendxthrough elongated 7 slots 5 11 formed in the front of the collar., The natural, tendency-7; ofi the I opposed portions of the ring is to resiliently grip the mouth of' the receptacle. In this connec'tion and by directing attention to F igure'Q it will be noted that the upper end portion 12 of the aforesaid receptacle 7 bears against the under side of the funnel shaped mouth.6. Moreover, theclamp is disposed on a plane so that the side portions of the ring engage this part 12 of the receptacle. This prevents crushing of the receptacle as the funnel then acts as a backing -member therefor.

It is obvious that it isnecessary to rotate the parts 5 and 6, as a unit, with respect to the bowl 1, in order to disconnect them.

The connection however is in the form ofthem with respect to each other in order to disconnect them. It is also thought to be advantageous to have the upper portion of the receptacle extend above the restricted opening in the top of the bowl, and to contact the under side of the funnel shaped mouth so that the material is effectively directed into the receptacle. In fact, the presence-of the clamp is deemed to be an important feature in that it holds the receptacle firmly in place even if the cuspidor is accidentally overturned.

Itisbelieved that by considering the description in connection with the drawings persons familiar with devices of this class will be able to obtain a clear understanding of the invention. Therefore,-a more lengthy description is thought to be unnecessary.

While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown and described, it is to be understood that minor changescomi'ng within the field of invention claimed may be resorted to if desired.

A particular feature of importance is the employment of the clamp in that it maintains the paper receptacle in engagement with the inner end portion of the funnel shaped mouth so that the latter and receptacle-may be removed asa unit from the bowl, without touching the receptacle, after whichthe clamp may be' released to permit the receptacle to be discharged into a suitable place of deposit.

Having thus described the invention, what Iclaim as new is 1. A sanitary cuspidor comprising a bowl havingits upper end directed inwardly and terminating in a restricted opening, a vertical flange extending from said upper end flange, and coacting means between the flange and collar for detachably connecting the collar with the flange;

2. A sanitary cuspidor comprising a bowl having its upper end directed inwardly'and terminating in a restricted opening, a vertical flange extending from said upper end and surrounding said opening and being spaced from the peripheral edge thereof, a receptacle reinovably fitted into said bowl andextending through and beyond therestricted opening, the upper portion of the receptacle extending above said flangeand the edgeof said opening contacting the wall of the receptacle, a funnel shaped mouth having its lower end telescoping into the upper end of the receptacle and 'flaring outwardly beyond said upper end, and the body portion of the bowl, a collar depending from the intermediate portion of said mouth and telescopically engaged with said flange, and coacting means between the flange and collar for detachably connecting the collar with the flange, and meanscarrie'dby said collar and engaged with the upper extended portion ofsaid receptacle for maintaining the latter in place. V r

3. A sanitary cuspidor comprising abowl having an opening inits top, a flange surrounding said opening and connected with said top, a'funnel' shaped mouth, a collar connected to the intermediate portion ofsaid mouth and depending therefrom and telescopically connected with said flange, a receptacle in said bowl extending through the opening in the top thereof and having its upper end'in contact with the inner end portion of said mouth, and a resilient clamping device carried by.said collar and having a ring like portionsurrounding the top of the receptacle and holding it firmly against said mouth so that the latter and receptacle may be removed from the bowl as a unit.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature;

SKILES F. 1MASSY, 

